Wandering in SEA: Part 2: Singapore
If I could summarize Singapore in one sentence, this would be it: Everything is for your eyes, not for your hands. Needless to say, by the end of my 45-minute metro trip, I didn't even dare to breathe having watched the "informative" video in the carrier like ten times... I've heard from many travellers' tales that Singapore is that sterile traveller country, where you could get the mixture of South East Asia without chaos, the culture without conflict, and the delicious things without dirt and/or poverty. Singapore is a city state. You can metro through the whole city in just 1,5 hours and travel to Malaysia through the Johur bridge. Singapore is the new capital of capitalism with its impressive modern skyscrapers and mushrooming bank buildings. Especially after Hong Kong, the West starts to save its money and investment into Singapore. It has everything to it, to be honest: sustainability, security, financial capital and power. It claims to be sustainable bu...